The Threefold Economy: The transformation of science, politics & economics

The Threefold Economy: Preparing for a successful transition into the third millennium. The transformation of science, politics & economics

All the political and economic conceptions of the past were rooted in a specific national consciousness. Although this level of awareness represented progress in the course of historical development from the individual to an ever larger community, it no longer represents a viable instrument for shaping our future.

The challenge now facing us is to use the advances of civilization achieved so far to release our slumbering potential and to preserve humanity from global disaster. This can be done by integrating nationalistically-oriented patterns of thinking and behavior in education, politics and economics - that continue to promote a mentality of separateness - into a superordinate global conception.

THE HUMAN ORGANISM

- The whole human being
- The bodily organs
- The cells of the body

In the human organism, the organs and cells form an indivisible whole. Each individual organ and its cells can live only because they are embedded in the life of the organism as a whole. All parts perform their specific tasks for the benefit of the whole. (The heart beats for the whole body. In like manner, the lungs breathe, the stomach digests and the legs run for the whole body ...)

THE GLOBAL ORGANISM

- All of humanity
- The nations of the world
- Individual human beings and enterprises

In analogy to the human being, the 197 nations within the global organism form the organs necessary for life. At the present stage of the development of civilization, they too can survive only as parts of an indivisible whole. Today, every nation must fulfill its specific mission as a part of the whole for the benefit of the whole.

Those who bear responsibility in politics, science and economics in all nations are faced with the challenge of preparing to shape the global organism as an indivisible whole and to organize it for the benefit of all 197 nations.

Despite tremendous progress in science, society and technology, all sectors of today's civilization are beset with increasing difficulties, collisions and misunderstandings. And the social sciences are quite unable to propose relevant solutions with any hope of success.

The social sciences are losing their ability to anticipate the further development of education, politics and the economy. They are based on outdated assumptions and are insufficiently aware of the reasons for the present crisis of global civilization: for it is the inevitable expression of an egoistical mentality that the world can no longer tolerate in this form.

THE OLD IMAGE OF MAN

The change of mentality that is urgently needed cannot take place as long as the sciences - and above all the social sciences - base their premises on an egoistical-materialistic image of man that assumes him to be an egoist by his very nature, incapable of changing. The story of human evolution thus far certainly supports this thesis when observed from outside. But all truly great human beings from the domains of philosophy, religion, art, politics and economics whose example and commitment have brought human civilization a decisive step forward prove just the opposite. Explicitly or implicitly, they were aware that at his core man is not egoistic and materialistic, but sunlike and divine.

THE NEW IMAGE OF MAN

If the core of the human being is sunlike and divine, then according to the law that "each seed gives forth of its likeness", the egoistical mentality that can be seen and felt everywhere cannot represent a final state, but is merely a temporary phenomenon. The most critical and urgent question facing the sciences - in particular the social sciences - concerns the nature of the true essence of man and the consequences of the answer for education, politics and economics.

The key to resolving the apparent contradiction between these two images of man lies in gaining an insight into the dual nature of the human being. Man has two natures, a higher and a lower one. Whereas his lower, egoistical nature is highly developed, his higher sunlike nature is for the most part still in a state of profound slumber.

Although the development of the lower nature represents a necessary stage in the process of human evolution, it has now reached its zenith as a civilizational pattern and has even gone beyond it to some extent. Science, politics and economics are faced with a momentous decision: whether to cling to the curriculum of the lower nature that is now completed from an evolutionary standpoint - be it out of a lack of insight, out of laziness or for reasons of personal interest - or whether to make a start on a curriculum designed to develop man's higher nature with its exacting demands. The impulse of transformation for the social sciences, politics and economics that such a step requires will now be outlined and combined into an overall picture.

The new world view and image of man is the source of the threefold economy. This in turn gives rise to three transformation sciences that bring the threefold economy into being in gradual states:

- The science of man - the basis of a new education
- The science of universal laws - the basis of a new jurisprudence
- The science of social organism - the basis of a new economics

These three sciences pour out over the social sciences like a renewing, quickening and transforming force - just like the light, warmth and life of the sun. The transformed social sciences in their turn renew and transform politics, and both together transform the economy.

The threefold economy now acts on the human being as a harmoniously-coordinated interplay of education, politics and economics - renewed in their core - and gives him effective support in the process of changing his mentality and in satisfying his true universal, collective and individual needs.

The science of man stands at the centre of all the sciences and of a new art of education. It investigates the meaning, mission and structure of the human being. It is based on a holistic image of man and not on his half-finished appearance at the present time.
The complete image of man shows us a being with a dual nature, a higher and a lower one:

- The higher nature thinks, feels and acts selflessly. It represents the essential sunlike core and higher guidance within man. It is the source of the inspiration by lofty guiding principles.

- The lower nature thinks, feels and acts in separation and egoistically (as long as the higher nature remains undeveloped). The lower nature is the instrument of realization. Its tools are the forces of reason, the emotions and the will.

It is man's mission to fuse both natures into a unity in which the higher nature rules wisely and harnesses the forces of the lower nature in an ongoing process.

The trinity of the lower nature
- Forces of reason
- Forces of feeling
- Forces of the will

The higher nature is sunlike, the source of inspiration by lofty guiding principles and of a higher guidance.

The lower nature is its instrument of realization
- The guiding principles of the higher nature inspire thought
- Inspired thought stimulates the feelings
- Inspired thought and stimulated feelings mobilize the will to realization

For the science of man there is no doubt that the human being - like everything in living nature - strives from a seed that already contains all things, moving upwards from below in evolutionary steps to achieve the full development of his essential core.

If we consider the evolution of mankind as a whole from a lofty perspective, we can observe how the lower nature developed first of all: starting with the will forces, then the feeling forces and finally the intellect - for a broad social class since the Enlightenment. During this phase of evolution, egoistical-materialistic needs constituted the guiding principle and motivator for the rapid development of these three fundamental forces. But today's state of civilization makes it abundantly clear that such egoistic-materialistic guiding principles may be permitted to act as motivators only during the development of the lower nature. As soon as this evolutionary phase has been completed, they act in an extremely self-destructive manner.

We must now recognize that humanity stands poised on the threshold of its next great evolutionary leap: the development of its higher nature, the guiding nature of wisdom, love and truth. The tremendous forces of realization that have hitherto followed egoistical-materialistic principles must now be placed in the service of the realization of lofty guiding principles aiming to create satisfactory conditions for everyone. This can be achieved only if new programs of education and training help to awaken the higher nature still slumbering in the human being. The science of man provides the fundamental tools needed for this purpose.

THE SCIENCE OF UNIVERSAL LAWS - THE BASIS OF A NEW JURISPRUDENCE

The science of universal laws constitutes the new basis for statecraft and jurisprudence. It illustrates that the multiple problems faced by our contemporary society are merely the expression of infringements of universal laws. It therefore focusses its research on the most important universal laws and the universal principles underlying them in order to derive wise guiding principles for education, politics and economics. The focus is thus on eliminating the underlying causes of these problems rather than on tackling the immensely diverse effects of unreason.

Standing supreme among the universal laws is the highest moral law, the law of agriculture: "whatever you sow that shall you reap". It can be observed everywhere: in mechanics as "the law of action and reaction" and in the theory of vibration as the "law of resonance". These laws of biology and physics find their natural continuation in the mind of man. There we see that "man sows through his mentality and reaps accordingly". His mentality is the expression of a particular way of thinking, feeling and acting; it is therefore always the expression of the higher or lower nature.

The science of universal laws investigates the power of thoughts, feelings and actions (the seed) and its resonance effect on the physical and mental well.being of man, society and nature (the harvest). Its main interest is focussed on changing man's mentality (sowing from the higher nature) and not on the endless process of repairing the damage caused to man and his environment by a destructive egoistical mentality. The quality of the seed is at the very centre of its studies, because it has a crucial effect on the quality of the harvest. So the science of universal laws observes that all the problems that threaten us today (environmental, pollution, wars, unemployment, disease, hunger,...) are resonance effects of an egoistical mentality at an individual or collective level. In contrast, all harmonious relationships between people and nations represent resonance effects of the higher nature.

THE LAW OF RESONANCE

(Man in his social environment: man reaps what he sows with his thoughts, feelings and actions)

The law of resonance explains logically that the development of man's higher nature is not only in the interest of society but also of each individual. For whoever sows unreason, immorality and separatism will sooner or later reap a woeful harvest in the same or different form. But whoever sows reason, morality and fraternity will sooner or later also reap these desirable qualities.

The science of universal laws forms the basis of a new jurisprudence and in turn elevates politics into statecraft. Statecraft is the art of making wise guiding laws in order to guide and support man and society in their efforts to develop their higher nature.

THE SCIENCE OF SOCIAL ORGANISM - THE BASIS FOR A NEW ECONOMICS

The science of social organism converts lofty guiding principles and creative thoughts into actions in the most efficient way. It extends our understanding of the general science of business management by including a knowledge of the science of man and of universal laws. By applying the analogy between the human organism and the social organism, it contributes to gaining a deeper understanding of management and organizational skills.

In its most comprehensive application, it supports the practical implementation of the new world view and image of man by means of the following efficient and harmoniously-coordinated institutions with their renewed curricula:

- Institutions of education and training
- Institutions of politics and law
- Economic institutions and business enterprises

Below you will find an overview of the analogy between the human organism and the global social organism. The individual elements in the figure will be presented in detail on the following pages.

REALIZATION OF THE THREEFOLD ECONOMY IN OVERVIEW

Global organism/Human Organism

High ideal:

1. Meaning
Holistic satisfaction of man's threefold needs

2. Content
From the egocentric to the heliocentric image of man:
A new educational program for the social sciences, politics and economics

3. Form
From a national to a global organism:
The new threefold social order

We are witnessing a continuous increase in interdependencies between the nations at economic, scientific, cultural and political levels.

The most pressing problems (pollution of soils, water and air, disarmament, criminality, contagious disease, unemployment, ...) can be solved only at global level and no longer at national level.

Most global, supranational and national political institutions perpetuate an outdated image of man that needs to be revised and the associated egoistical mentality that must be overcome. In essence therefore, they merely constitute repair workshops for this mentality.

The most pressing problems are caused by the mental pollution that is rooted in wrong thinking. Instead of encouraging the process of mental change, attempts are merely made to repair the damage caused by an egoistical mentality by methods whose cost exceeds the means available.

Meaninglessness and lack of content, inertia and a lack of coordination of global, supranational and national political administrative systems preclude any effective change in mentality and meaningful management. Although there is much talk about reforming political institutions, no serious attempt is made to match political content and parliamentary structures to man's threefold needs. The widespread two-chamber system of politics is no longer adequate for today's requirements in terms of professionalism and global cooperation. In analogy to the human being, three professional, specialized and cooperative councils must also replace the two-chamber system in the political organism:

- Political councils organize the harmonious co-existence of human beings and nations on the basis of right and justice

- Economics councils deal with questions of production and distribution

In analogy to the human being the restoration and maintenance of the health of the global organism needs:

A high ideal

Meaning: Holistic satisfaction of man's threefold needs by means of successful globalization for the benefit of all 197 nations
Content: A new educational program for science, politics, economics: from an egocentric to a heliocentric image of man
Form: A new threefold social order: from a national to a global organism

A realization structure based on the pattern of man

A clear global head
responsible for synthesis and coordination functions in the global organism:
Synthesis function of the global university:
- Faculty of education/training
- Faculty of statecraft/law
- Faculty of economics

Coordinating and legislative function of the global councils:
- Global council for education/training
- Global council for politics
-Global council for economics

A strong and healthy nervous system
responsible for synchronizing all organs and functions in the global organism by means of a closely-interlinked system of threefold councils:
- Global councils
- Regional councils of the world regions
- National councils

A clear head for each function
responsible for the synthesis and coordination functions of the national organs, structured in analogy to the global head:

Synthesis functions of the national university
- Faculty of education/training
- Faculty of statecraft/law
- Faculty of economics

Coordinating and legislative function of the national councils
- National council for education/training
- National council for politics
- National council for economics

Efficient organ cells
responsible for the realization of sustained prosperity by means of efficient
- Institutions of education and training
- Political and legal institutions
- Business enterprises and economics institutes

The global, international, national and local enterprises/institutions represent the cells that implement the threefold economy. They include all business enterprises (finance, agriculture, trade, services, industry), legal institutions (institutions for legislation, jurisdiction and law enforcement), and educational institutions (schools, universities, churches, institutions/enterprises of the media, science, art and culture ...).

Assessing the present situation

The facts

The current trend towards the globalization of the economy is proceeding in an unbridled and opportunistic manner. Half of the world's nations are still excluded from the global economic flow.

Political separatism and the self-limiting egoistical image of man have exalted the principle of deregulation to being seen as the sole prescription for national prosperity and global economic integration.

The consequences are:
- Merciless global competition
- Global innovative spirals turning at ever faster speeds
- Unpredictable fluctuations in exchange rates
- Massive pressure to conform on the enterprises (including local ones)
- Staff cutbacks and increased pressure by management on those still working
- Instability of the global economic situation
- Hopeless overburdening of nations at a low level of development.

Some inferences

As long as unbridled deregulation is seen as the sole prescription, neither national nor global prosperity can be attained.

Only the restructuring of education/training and the globalization of politics in the sense of the threefold economy can bring about a genuine globalization to the benefit of all 197 nations.

Within the scope of global synthesis and coordination, the enterprise of the threefold economy represent the actual cells that implement changes in the global organism and thus bear a great co-responsibility for the prosperity of all 197 nations. The efficiency of these cells plays a crucial role within this overall global framework.

In analogy to the human being the restoration and maintenance of the health of the enterprise needs:

A high ideal

Meaning: The threefold economy with all its business enterprises, legal and educational institutions is geared to satisfy human needs in a harmonious threefold manner.

Content: Entrepreneurs who are innovative and cooperative as well as target and task-oriented, understand how to nurture and develop efficiency in the spheres of leadership, social relationships and technology. They apply these talents in their activities to make a responsible contribution to the holistic threefold development of man in order to ensure sustained prosperity.

Form:The innovative and efficient realization of a global economy without wasting resources is ensured by shaping each individual enterprise/institution as a living social organism based on the fundamental structure of the human being.

A realization structure based on the human being

A clear enterprise head
with responsibility for innovation and results in the three following dimensions of success:
- Product: Product innovation/cycle/quality
- Market: Market ranking/volume/profitability
- Operation: Manufacturing locations/costs

The head is responsible for preparing the implementation of the new world view and image of man by means of scientific synthesis and global cooperation/coordination. These tasks are assigned to two institutions:

The principal taks of the Faculty of education/training consists in studying the human being in his three dimensions (universal/spiritual, collective/emotional, individual/material) as well as in working out a synthesis between science/education, religious/ethics, and art/culture in order to create a system of holistic education and to satisfy man's threefold needs.

The principal task of the Faculty of statecraft/law consist in elaborating guiding global legislation to encourage the social harmony of all nations in the economic, political and educational spheres on the basis of justice.

The principal task of the Faculty of economics consists in working out a synthesis of the global economic flows (finance, agriculture, trade, services, commerce, and industry).

The global council for education/training is composed of educationalists, scientists, representatives of the world religions, as well as cultural and media professionals. Their task is to prepare new impulses for a holistic education to be implemented globally.

The global council for politics is composed of all state presidents/heads of governments and professors of law. It is their task to organize the harmonious co-existence al all nations on the basis of an emerging "global justice" by means of superordinate guiding laws in education, politics and economics.

The global council for economics is composed of entrepreneurs and economics experts. It is their task to channel market forces - the basis for global production and distribution - so that all 197 nations are linked equitably to the global economic flows.

THE NERVOUS SYSTEM IN THE GLOBAL ORGANISM

The nervous system within the global social organism synchronizes all nations and functions via an interlinked system of universities and councils.
Regional councils act as a link between the three councils of the nations and the three global councils:

The three global councils chambers for education/training bring together the most universally-minded and inspiring representatives of their respective fields: leaders in global science/education in the chamber of education/training, leaders in world religions/social ethics in the council for religion/ethics, and leaders in culture/art in the council for art/culture. It is their task to disseminate new impulses for a new and holistic form of education.
Delegates of the three global council chambers for education/training shall make up the global council for education/training. Each of the three council chambers shall take turns in chairing the global council for education/training.

The seven regional councils for politics comprise the state presidents/heads of government/professors of law of all nations in the relevant political world regions. Their task is to integrate the nations into their respective world political regions and into the global community of nations. They shall adapt the global in their respective world region. Delegated legal professors of the seven regional councils for politics together with all state presidents/heads of governments shall form the global council for politics. Each of the seven political world regions shall take turns in chairing this global council.

The nations form the individual organs within the global organism. The head of each nation is structured by analogy to the head of the global organism, i.e.

The synthesis function is performed by a national university:
- Faculty of education/training
- Faculty of statecraft/law
- Faculty of economics

The function of national cooperation/coordination is performed by three national councils:
- National council for education/training
- National council for politics
- National council for economics

The national university is responsible for integrating the scientific activities of each nation into a global synthesis. The three national councils are responsible for ensuring national cooperation/coordination and for integrating each nation into the global organism within the relevant political and economic world regions.

CELLS IN THE GLOBAL ORGANISM

The cells in the global organism are responsible for implementing sustained global health and prosperity. They include all:

- Education and training institutions as organ cells of the global culture (Schools, universities, churches, institutions of science, the media, art and culture)
- Political and legal institutions as organ cells of global politics (institutions of legislation, jurisdiction and law enforcement)
- Business enterprises and economic institutions as organ cells of the global economy (Finance, agriculture, trade, services, commerce and industry)

Each individual enterprise and institutions represents a cell within the global economy and functions in turn as an organ cell within a living organism having a head, a nervous system and organs.

Head of enterprise/institution
with responsibility for innovation and results in the three dimensions of success:
- Product : Product innovation/cycle/quality
- Market : Market ranking/volume/profitability
- Operation : Manufacturing locations/costs

The threefold economy represents not an end in itself. It aims to achieve a specific objective:

From a higher perspective, the purpose of all educational, legal and economic enterprises/institutions is to provide a sphere of work and learning for individual human beings. That is why the global organism is designed in a tripartite structure as an image of man. It can then support and encourage him in the self-development of his own threefold nature in a holistic manner. This means:

- Spiritual development - the universal dimension of man
- Emotional development - the collective dimension of man
- Material development - the individual dimension of man

The threefold economy must begin at the very beginning, with wisdom:

- It therefore begins with educating the parents before birth, in the awareness of the vital importance of conception and pregnancy for the child and for society as a whole.
- The threefold economy finds its continuation in a politics that regards all nations as parts of an indivisible whole and organizes the global organism in a corresponding way.
- The threefold economy ends in maintaining a balance in all things and in paying careful attention to all things.

The authors have many years of experience in executive management positions in the international financial sector. They have played a leading or consulting role in numerous pioneering projects in the fields of corporate management, corporate controlling and international human resource development.

The EPE Institute
Research and Consulting on Education - Politics - Economics

The authors founded this research and consulting institute in 1994. Its brief is to pursue fundamental research and pioneering activities in the "sciences of social organism".
Practical implementation of the results of this fundamental research has already been initiated successfully in national and international enterprises.
Parallel activities are under way on the further development of the "political organism" with the aim of initiating national and global pioneering projects in this sector too.

Ozziecynic

10-06-2012 09:05 PM

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